Rutgers guard Syessence Davis (15) grabs for the ball during the second half on Jan. 28 against Louisville in Piscataway. Louisville won 80-71.

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The Rutgers women's basketball team has 20 victories, a Top 25 ranking and its highest scoring offense in 15 years.

And yet, even with multiple indications that Rutgers is on the rise, it has more work to do to secure a NCAA Tournament berth, says the nation's top forecaster on the subject.

In order to build confidence for a senior-less team, coach C. Vivian Stringer admittedly scaled back her traditionally daunting non-conference schedule prior to the season. The trade-off in swapping out the likes of Tennessee for the likes of Wagner - and moving from the deep former Big East to the unbalanced ...